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Dear Kirolos Michael, Actually alcohol in moderation is very useful to the body. And I am saying "very" here. It is the reason why you see in Western communities they live healthier. Alcohol does have many useful aspects: - protection of the heart, …
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Dear Unworthy 1, Jydeaon's opinion applies to those congregations living outside Egypt. The same is here in the UK. But generally you are right: we are molleycuddling our young, and they can't seem to grasp the importance of coming to church early e…
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Dear all, As I said in the beginning, this topic will draw too much controversy, and thank God we are all sharing our views. But, honestly, I feel like there is some digression, and there are some unncessary arguments in the first place. The whole p…
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Dear all, No, I am not trying to say that we have to make it hard on ourselves, or make faith a practically impossible thing to achieve in the church. But what I am saying is that this way we unconsciously breed some kind of illiteracy and negligenc…
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Dear Life In Christ, I didn't say they were not useful, or the books were, but as you rightly pointed out: both of these tools are a distraction in their own right. I don't agree with your point that people who stand at the back can't see the altar.…
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Dear markoc pi apostoloc, Yes Pope Shenouda has agreed already after a personal meeting with Adel Imam. Where I read this piece of news: I can't remember: but probably youtube.com ????!!!!! Not quite sure. God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear all, Just want to add my voice to severus, copticcross3, and jydeacon that I am dreaming with the revival of Coptic language, and 100% for the services to be wholly and solely in Coptic. God bless you all and pray for us a lot
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Dear minagir and all, One thing about Adel Imam, is that yes he used to attack the muslims who were too extremist in their thoughts and deeds, and the terrorists at one point, but what you seem to miss is that his daughter has been (or yet to be) ma…
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Dear aem581, That was not the point I was getting at. The point is that the "well-respected" Adel Imam - at least to some people - is going to represent the church as having FUNDAMENTALISTS THREATENING TO KILL A PRIEST. Tell me, is that not funny en…
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Dear konti, No, I don't know. Do you think it will be worth watching? To me, it is not. I think that is the whole target of his: stir up some controversy around it; encouraging people to watch it and discuss their opinions in a "civilised and open-m…
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Dear aem581, I like your opinion, but I just disagree on one bit: I don't think that at least one deacond should know Coptic: I think all of them should. Well, I understand that you describe the worst case scenario, but we would like to start from h…
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There is a bishop in Egypt, called Bishop Raphael, and he is the bishop for the youth (I am sure most of you know him). He has a Muslim friend who studied Egyptology, and in his studies he became familiar with the Coptic language. So once that secul…
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I am now citing words of another member (either here or on coptichymns.net): he had a friend who was British white, and recently converted to Orthodox. During either Bright Saturday, or one of Koiak's nights he heard the hymn "tenen", and he never s…
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Dear all (just a personal opinion) WHAT A SHAME AND A GREAT PITY FOR ME TO SEE COPTS (WHOSE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE COPTIC) TRYING TO MEDIATE FOR OTHER CONVERTS TO ADAPT IN OUR CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't that sad really? Ok, I will shortly tell you…
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Dear all, So what about those who form the group Remenkimi. I am not sure if one or some of them are members of tasbeha.org, but as I used to exchange e-mails with that group long ago, I am aware that they came up with a Coptic dictionary and many m…
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Dear Kirolos Michael, I absolutely agree. And you know what? It is not us who can preserve the hymns. It is the Holy Spirit. He only can preserve them, and let's not be lazy again, as the cantors of the olden days who wasted and lost us some great h…
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Dear Elena, and smile4ever, Yes, I have to agree. Sometimes, I describe things in an awfully pessimistic way, and like smile4ever says, I don't think the picture is that dark. It just strikes me sometimes seeing some of the Coptic youth who don't li…
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Dear Anglian, Thanks so much for your broad-minded description of God and His love, and dissolving my confusion. God bless you and pray for us a lot... So sorry about my late reply anyway
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Dear smile4ever, You are right. 100% correct. Thank you for correcting my mistakes which I hope haven't done much damage :). God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear Elena, Forgot to add, that there are only two families that still speak Coptic as a language of communication (which is a very difficult language to be honest). I know one of them is the family of Fr. Pigol in Germany, but I don't know the othe…
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Dear Elena, Well done; what a nice post. Let me correct a few things, that I think you got them wrong. The pope of Alexandria and Africa is called Pope Shenouda, and not Pope Patros. Well, St Mark is actually more of a patron icon in the Coptic Orth…
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Dear bballdude23, I am not sure if I know what Noursat is. But because once I was talking to my family in Egypt, who were watching aghaby on satellite, while I was watching it online, and it had the same program on. That was the Nile Sat (Egyptian …
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Dear bballdude23, I am not sure if you want me to send you the program or something. Would you please clarify for me what you want. God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear minagir, In page 50 in the heading before the "tishori" hymn it reads (in Arabic): "wa fi 3eedai el saleeb walakaleel wa 7al zennar al shamamesa wal sa3a al tase3a men yaom el gom3a el 3azeema tokal ...". In addition to that, if you turn to pag…
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Dear minagir, It was not nice of you to call me "playing games". I don't know why you thought so. Anyway, I go by Cantor Farag Abd El Messih's book and it says that in the Feast of the Cross we do sing "tishori", that is specific on that day. And by…
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Dear minagir, I appreciate all what you are saying and the reasons you are giving for believing it is "taishori" as on a festive day. However, I think that "tishori" is specific to the Feast of the Cross, and it is festive as well. Every thing else …
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Dear bballdude23, I am not sure what you mean by places on the map that say you can't!! I think all you need is to install that little program, and then you can start viewing. I have tried it before (not for some time though). I will recheck tonight…
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Dear minagir, I disagree about the "taishori" bit. In Cantor Farag Abd El Messih's Deacon Service book, it is stated that you sing Tishori and not Taishori in the days of the feast of the Cross. I even go to further extremes (however most people alr…
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Dear minagir, That is very interesting. So you want to tell me that you use the festive tune of the psalm for the long and medium ways singing the verses? Well, I thought for the medium, one will use the medium (mo7ayer) of the Sharat Sha3anini, ins…
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Dear tishori, In the link you gave us the cantor doesn't sing the refrain you wrote us. What a discrepancy? Although I know your refrain is correct, I want to ask is it legitimate or not? It is not even mentioned in "Deacon Service Book" by Farag Ab…